We've had a bit of a readership spike today, specifically for the post called Jeremy Bowen's Gaza notebook: "I saw no evidence of Hamas using Palestinians as human shields", which quoted the BBC's Middle East Editor saying just that in a New Statesman article.
This great interest has been generated by a rumour on social media:
BBC removed Jeremy Bowen from #Gaza for saying he had not seen any evidence of #Hamas using civilians as humanshields pic.twitter.com/ynoKwQtbXG
— Raajje News (@raajjenews) August 3, 2014
Soon the likes of Lauren Booth and Tariq Ramadan were tweeting their indignation at the BBC 'removal' of their hero from Gaza:
@BBC send jeremy Bowen back to Gaza. Let him report!“@TariqRamadan: @BBCNews HAS REMOVED JEREMY BOWEN FROM #GAZA ... pic.twitter.com/DpoDIuevgL”
— Lauren Booth (@LaurenBoothUK) August 4, 2014
Jonathan Munro, the BBC's Head of Newsgathering, had to take to Twitter himself to squash the rumour:
Nonsense that @BowenBBC left Gaza under Israeli pressure. After Syria, Iraq, Israel & Gaza he's on holiday, returning to Mid East v soon.
— Jonathan Munro (@jonathancmunro) August 4, 2014
...something Jeremy Bowen informed a fellow Tweeter last Friday:
@RAFx103 because I'm on holiday
— Jeremy Bowen (@BowenBBC) August 1, 2014
So, now, relax Lauren, you man will soon be back in action!
Bowen will wear this complaint from Israel like a badge of honor. To the BBC, this is a sign that he's getting it right. No lie too great, no depth too low for them when it comes to giving two fingers to the Jews. You can bet there isn't a single BBC employee who isn't proud of Bowen and cheering him on.
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